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FL S0896
Bill
AI Summary
- Authorizes the Florida Department of the Lottery to act as a courier service or contract with third parties to purchase and deliver lottery tickets on behalf of customers, requiring all courier services to have written agreements with retailers and maintain secure databases of stored tickets
- Permits the use of debit cards in vending machines to purchase lottery tickets, in addition to coins and currency
- Increases the maximum retailer bond from twice to three times the average lottery ticket sales for the remittance period and adds an option for retailers to remit funds to a department-held interest-bearing bank account in lieu of a bond
- Creates new criminal penalties including a first-degree misdemeanor for operating a courier service without a proper retailer agreement, and third-degree felonies for filing false claims, making fraudulent statements, or theft of lottery tickets by retailers, courier services, or their employees
- Requires comprehensive security studies and evaluations of department operations every 2 years by an independent firm, allows sworn law enforcement officers within the Division of Security to purchase lottery tickets when necessary for investigations, and repeals the existing minority participation provision (s. 24.113)
Legislative Description
State Lotteries
Last Action
Died in Regulated Industries
6/16/2025
Full Bill Text
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